So this weekend I decided it was time to upgrade my sheets and towels (long past time actually, as my fraying bath towel could attest). That left me with the problem of what to do with my old stuff. I…
Category: L.A. Articles
LACMA Rock Begins to Roll
After a more than six-month delay, the giant boulder that will be the centerpiece of a likely very permanent art installation at LACMA began its journey to the museum Tuesday night. The 21-foot high, 340-ton boulder that has spent the…
No L.A. New Year’s Celebration, Again
Last night I spent my seventh New Year’s Eve here in sunny Los Angeles, and my mind is still boggled by the fact that there is no public celebration anywhere in town. New York City has the famous ball drop…
Cirque du Soleil “Iris” in Los Angeles
About a year ago on that crazy early November day when it was 97 degrees, a friend of mine from Alaska (she nearly melted) was in town. Gazing at the Hollywood sign from my balcony, she spotted something on the…
Car Show at Farmers Market 6/4
Don’t you hate it when you read about an event after it has already happened? You would have gone had you only known. Well, I’m giving you advance notice of one of my favorite annual events in Los Angeles —…
Los Angeles Holocaust Museum
Until I moved to the Miracle Mile area last spring, I used to take my daily runs in Pan Pacific Park. In the fall of 2008, ground was broken on the new Holocaust museum at the north end of the…
Beachwood Signs to Hollywood Sign
I found myself driving on Beachwood Drive last week when I saw a sign that read “Hollywood Sign Scenic View,” with an arrow directing me up Ledgewood Drive. I don’t drive on Beachwood very often, but I don’t remember seeing…
“Culver City Steps” Best. View. Ever.
After five years, I would still be considered a relative newcomer to Los Angeles, so I am still discovering things that natives and long-time residents of the city have known about for years. But there are some things I’ll bet…
Angels Flight, a Jewel of LA
At 298 feet, it is dubbed “The Short Railway in the World.” But as short as it is, Angels Flight is one of the jewels of Los Angeles. The funicular downtown reopened to passengers last March, and if you haven’t…
Top 10 Things in LA
A couple of years ago Los Angeles magazine held an NCAA-like bracket competition to determine what readers thought the best thing about Los Angeles was. In a brilliant marketing move, Amoeba Records basically hijacked the contest and urged people to…